pavelsrnicek
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tolmie's hairdoo said:mancity1 said:tolmie's hairdoo said:Manuel has clearly not seen enough of Dzeko to realise Negredo should be starting in the majority of games now, certainly last night.
Don't think the result would have been much different last night if Mancini had held the reigns.
But I must admit to being a little concerned that Pellegrini would not rectify the glaring mis-matches as the game played out. Mancini was dogmatic, but he was quick to change things if needs be.
I watched Bayern against Arsenal at the Emirates last season and it was pretty much the same, completely schooled 'em.
What he needs to do now is keep an unchanged team for a few weeks, barring injury, and allow his ideas to be implemented.
It's a worrying state of play when I feel we are one good win or one bad win away from whatever direction the season will go.
Under Mancini I think we would have been played off the park with us keeping the defensive side of our game a bit more structured but when you look purely on the goals they were individual and team errors and when the keeper stops the shots Joe let in the others around him grow in confidence.
I am concerned about VK though , he ran alot more than he usually did last night and he didn't need to , I guess it was his way of joining in the ring a ring a rosy set up of Bayern's.
That's not leadership in fact its the opposite of leadership.
Despite their credentials and experience players look to leaders for inspiration and it can come in many forms.
VK hasn't shown it in the past two games at all.
We could rebound from setbacks in games gone by , we haven't this season at all and haven't looked like it.
Imagine what pressure will fall on VK and some of the other players if we fall behind against Everton.
We will be at our worst moments since the early days of the Hughes era I would suggest only with a side this time who have experienced success at the club.
Its times like these when true leadership is shown and whether you leaders have it or not.
Good post, we do lack a backbone in times of crisis on the field. We have yet to learn the art of hanging tough, or even damage limitation.
It's another tactical discussion, but Robben's comments tell you all you need to do to beat this City team.
Defend right from the front UP TO THE GOALKEEPER. Same with Dortmund last year, MAKE US kick the ball long from the goalkeeper.
Time and again, it happened last night. It allows well disciplined teams, whatever level (See where I am going, Sunderland, Everton etc) to jam in the full backs.
How many times did Neuer kick out of his hands last night?
Actually that covers what my biggest issue was with Hart last night, not the poor shot stopping but the amount of times he put us under pressure by constantly kicking the ball long and losing us possession. All they had to do to win the ball was to press us to pass back to Joe and he would oblige by giving them the ball. One of his many rushed panicked clearances directly led to their 2nd goal.